A relíquia (Portuguese Edition)

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E isso valeu pelo livro inteiro. Por causa das tias e da titi!

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Este livro deu para rir, para sorrir e para reflectir. Tenho mesmo de recomendar a leitura deste livro. Feb 24, Jonathan rated it it was amazing. This is one strange and interesting book. First published in At the age of 7, Teodorico Raposo becomes an orphan, and is sent to live with his aunt, Dona Maria do Patrocinio, in Lisbon.

Dona Maria is a religious zealot and such a prude that even the sight of the hem of a dress brushing against a pants leg fills her with revulsion. Dona Maria plans on leaving all her money and property to her favorite brotherhoods and priests. Teodorico begins the task of convincing his Aunt that he is so devout that he is more deserving of her money than any priest. To get her money, he must convince her that leaving the money to him would be almost the same as leaving it to Christ himself. But by this time, Teodorico is a young man with all the natural appetites of a young man, and so he leads a double life—as a religious zealot and prude equal to, or even surpassing, his aunt in faith and purity, and as a libertine, satiating his carnal desires while hiding his many sins from his aunt and her friends.

The first half of the book is light-hearted and amusing. At about the midpoint of the book, Teodorico is sent on a trip to the holy lands, and he could not be happier. He plans to fulfill his every carnal desire far enough from his aunt and her friends that they will never find out, and when he returns, convince his aunt that his proximity to the geographical location of so many wonders and miracles has changed him from a merely pious young man into a saint.

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Forgive me Father, for I have skimmed. Upon reaching the holy lands, something odd happens: Teodorico and his travelling companion, a learned German academic by the name of Topsius, are transported back in time to the days of the trial and crucifixion of Christ. We re-learn the story of the crucifixion from the point of view of Teodorico and others there at the time. The merchant, a poor old man presented as a very sympathetic character, tells Teodorico he was only trying to make some money to feed his sister and her children, who will probably now starve.

At the time it occurred, it was not some sort of phenomenal, mind-blowing event—in fact quite the opposite—it was rather ordinary. Two other men were crucified alongside Christ. Thousands were crucified in the preceding centuries, thousands more would be crucified in the centuries to follow. Teodorico muses to himself that it has always been the case, and always will be the case, that young people who want to change the world for the better are the ones most at risk for getting crucified. But I will say that so much effort was put into setting the ending up that you could hardly be surprised by it.

Some slow parts, and an ending that is way overworked. A great book for a book group discussion, I think. View all 3 comments. O que desbarriguei em divertimentos com a tia, aquela mulher velha, seca, gelada ao dar um beijo. Havia aqui muito material para ti ainda. Senti-me culpado, sim, mas preferi fazer isso a perder todo o interesse no texto. Bom, mas um problema surge. Mas, antes desta viagem "santa", onde Teodorico se propunha a ser mais santo do que J. Tal presente iria fazer furor e criar invejas junto da beatitude da sociedade lisboeta.

E quando a Titi abre o embrulho, em vez de um galho da coroa de espinhos, eis que surge uma camisa de dormir de cores garridas, provocante e cheia de rendinhas A hipocrisia assola todo o romance, chega a ser incomodativo e irritante tanta sobranceria e hipocrisia. Teodorico is a young man who depends on his aunt, a deeply religious lady who abhors every hint of love or sex. In order to gain some credit with the old lady and become her sole heir, he embarks on a journey to The Holy Land in search of a Relic to guarantee her a holy life.

I've found the beginning too slow, the middle extremely boring maybe I'd have enjoyed reading it in a different context and the ending somehow was the most interesting part. Acaba doutor e virtuoso, para pouco contentamento da titi. Everybody, older than Excellent book; with great pacing but some issues in the middle; literary realism; hits on the romantic view; no love is exclusive; discussion about hypocrisy and religion. Long version You've been warned!

This book starts very fast, with years of Teodorico's life passing in 1 page. By the second chapter, things start getting a little slower, but it kee Short version: By the second chapter, things start getting a little slower, but it keeps a good pacing. The only problem in regards to that is in a sequence where Teodorico and Topsius are going to the Jordan River, and there are a lot of overly long descriptions and feelings, and it is strange comparing to the rest of the book.

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It is a story about religion, religious fanaticism, hypocrisy this one is discussed openly in the book, towards the end , portuguese society from the XIX century, parent relationships, love and even friendship. A lot of those themes are a direct hit on the former literary movement, the romanticism. You won't see a hypocrite "hero" on a romantic book, especially not one that wishes the death of his own aunt. Examples of romantic books: Examples of realistic books: Madame Bovary, The Relic, Dom Casmurro The ideal of exclusive love is important here as well, because it is something that almost every romantic book have, and in "The Relic" it is mocked.

He has a thousand "loves of his life". At the end, he marries a woman he doesn't love because of her dowry. It is a great book, and most of the things I wrote are really easy to spot if you are looking for them. Teodorico es un personaje de cuidado: Vamos, una bruja enferma. Creo que son cosas bastante emocionales.

De Queiroz me gusta que da vueltas en la trama inesperadas pero asombrosas. Sep 05, Czarny Pies rated it liked it Shelves: The Relic is a moderately well done satire about an abject hypocrite who strives to ingratiate himself with his grotesquely pious aunt because he hopes to inherit from her when she dies.

The novel contains many highly comical moments. Notably the second chapter in which the protagonist tours the Holy Land accompanied by a pedantic German University professor reminds one of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. In other places the humour is as black as anything from Joe Orton. In the fifth chap The Relic is a moderately well done satire about an abject hypocrite who strives to ingratiate himself with his grotesquely pious aunt because he hopes to inherit from her when she dies.

In the fifth chapter. However, I was highly uncomfortable with the third chapter where the protagonist travels back in time to observe Christ's crucifixion and subsequent failure to resurrect.

First editions of Eça de Queirós at Cambridge University Library

This is obvious blasphemy performed for the mercenary goal of trying to increase sales and royalties from the book. If you think that the Christian religion is fair game for this type of sleazy attack, then you will likely enjoy the Relic far more than I did. Pero es que luego hay otras partes que se asemejan a un libro de viajes, con unas descripciones tediosas, que no hay forma humana de tragarse.

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And what we learn is, that the biggest liar and betrayer may change his life to a noble one - incredible at the beginning! There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

He is often considered to be the greatest Portuguese novelist, certainly the leading 19th-century Portuguese novelist whose fame was international. After receiving his degree in law in from the University of Coimbra, where he read widely French, he settled in Lisbon. By he had become closely associated with a group of rebellious Portuguese intellectuals committed to social and artistic reform and known as the Generation of ' During this time he wrote the novels for which he is best remembered, attempting to bring about social reform in Portugal through literature by exposing what he held to be the evils and the absurdities of the traditional order.

His first novel, "O crime do Padre Amaro" ; "The Sin of Father Amaro", , describes the destructive effects of celibacy on a priest of weak character and the dangers of fanaticism in a provincial Portuguese town.

His last novels are sentimental, unlike his earlier work. In her Introduction to the novel, its translator argues that this conclusion gives relevance to the earlier dream sequence, in which Teodorico discovers that the Resurrection of Jesus was a lie that created the foundations of Christianity. It was the book's rejection of any moral focus and the "rewriting of Christianity as a myth based on a well-intentioned lie" that inevitably led to criticism in Portugal when it was first published.

The Relic by Eça de Queirós

Teodorico is an entertaining figure, who for much of the novel tries to outdo his aunt in her piety in the hope of a large inheritance. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Relic Cover of the English-language version. Retrieved 8 May Introduction to "The Relic" 1st Dedalus ed. As Farpas periodical Contos short stories Cartas de Inglaterra journalism.

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